Thomson’s lecture was on electrical and engineering developments and how they can be used for social ends.
Duration is about 5 minutes. Gaumont British Industrial Film.
Included are letters from John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh; J. H. Poynting, Baron Kelvin of Largs; Sir Archibald Geikie; Sir William Crookes; Robert Cary Gilson; J. W L. Glaisher; Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb; Henry Luke Paget; and a manuscript poem entitled ’Sir Joseph Thomson and the lons’, dedicated to Thomson and signed 'H.D.E. [M.R.I.]’.
Included at B/16 is a letter from 'Agnes'.
Included are letters from Stanley Baldwin (C/13, C/16), Sir Richard Threlfall (C/13), Sir B.H. Liddell-Hart (C/14), Neville Chamberlain (C/14), Sir Anthony Eden (C/16), Edmund Charles Blunden (C/14), John Buchan (C/14), Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (C/14), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (C/15), Thomas Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester (C/17), W. Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (B/80), Robert O. A. Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (C/13), Karl Przibram (C/15), Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (C/16), Ernest Rutherford, Baron Rutherford of Nelson (C/15), John, 1st Viscount Sankey (C/13 and C/14), Sir William Napier Shaw (C/13), Henry John Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland (C/16).
Included are letters from: Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester; Charles John Darling, 1st Baron Darling; William Edmund Ironside, first Baron Ironside; George Mallory; Sir Arthur Schuster.
Included are letters from spouses, or other family members, of some of the scientists. The correspondents include Henriette Perrin (C/18, C/19), Marie Curie (C/21), Paul Langevin (C/21, C/22), Antoine Becquerel (C/20). There are a few copies of replies by Thomson and Lady Thomson.
Included are two photographs inscribed on back in [?] Violet's hand.
Letters to Thomson from the King's Private Secretary, Francis Knollys, informing him of the King's decision to award him the Order of Merit and re arrangements for the conferment of the award.
Included are letters from James Paget to 'Lydia’, as well as letters to Rose from Owen F. Paget (B/2).
Included are letters from Sir Arthur Schuster (C/2-C/4), Sir J. G. Frazer (C/3, C/5), Walter Leaf (C/5), Sir F. W. Dyson (C/6), A. Bonar Law (C/6), Sir Julian Stafford Corbett (C/5), H. A. L. Fisher (C/6), Sir Henry Head (C/5), Henry Jackson (C/4), Henry Luke Paget (C/2).
Included is a letter to Lady Thomson's daughter Joan.
Included is a letter to Lady Thomson's daughter Joan.
Includes correspondence from their brother A. J. Meyrick Paget.
Including letters from Christabel M. Paget (B/29); Helen Rose, Lady Dewar (B/28); Mary Maud Paget (B/28); A. J. Meyrick Paget (B/28); Mary Georgina, Lady Rutherford (B/29).
Most of the articles are about Thomson, or make mention of him. Included are reviews of his book Recollections and Reflections, London 1936.
Letters from Clara Fardell, George Edmund Paget and Owen Frank Paget included.
Some letters addressed jointly to Rose and her sister Violet. Includes a photograph [? of Maud].
Some letters addressed jointly to Rose and her sister Violet.
Some letters addressed jointly to Rose and her sister Violet.